it’s not that being a huset is necessarily so bad but there’s something
necessarily so bad but there’s something
necessarily so bad but there’s something so desirable about just being your own
so desirable about just being your own
so desirable about just being your own man I started tasting food that wasn’t
man I started tasting food that wasn’t
man I started tasting food that wasn’t kosher like bacon and sausage and going
kosher like bacon and sausage and going
kosher like bacon and sausage and going to McDonald’s and stuff like that they
to McDonald’s and stuff like that they
to McDonald’s and stuff like that they always told me it was so bad but when
always told me it was so bad but when
always told me it was so bad but when you take that bite out of it and it’s
you take that bite out of it and it’s
you take that bite out of it and it’s juicy and tasty it was I can how can
juicy and tasty it was I can how can
juicy and tasty it was I can how can this be bad welcome to watchmojo.com i’m
this be bad welcome to watchmojo.com i’m
this be bad welcome to watchmojo.com i’m your host Layla and I’m with Eric Scott
your host Layla and I’m with Eric Scott
your host Layla and I’m with Eric Scott who’s the director of leaving the fold
who’s the director of leaving the fold
who’s the director of leaving the fold his third documentary film about what
his third documentary film about what
his third documentary film about what can happen when a Hasidic Jew is born
can happen when a Hasidic Jew is born
can happen when a Hasidic Jew is born into this but doesn’t really belong what
into this but doesn’t really belong what
into this but doesn’t really belong what led you to explore these people’s
led you to explore these people’s
led you to explore these people’s experiences leaving Hasidism the stories
experiences leaving Hasidism the stories
experiences leaving Hasidism the stories that I heard about these kids who had
that I heard about these kids who had
that I heard about these kids who had left and they were very powerful and
left and they were very powerful and
left and they were very powerful and they were very poignant for example one
they were very poignant for example one
they were very poignant for example one one kid who in Jerusalem with left was
one kid who in Jerusalem with left was
one kid who in Jerusalem with left was in a his sister was killed in a suicide
in a his sister was killed in a suicide
in a his sister was killed in a suicide bomb by a suicide bomb in the
bomb by a suicide bomb in the
bomb by a suicide bomb in the ultra-orthodox quarter of Jerusalem and
ultra-orthodox quarter of Jerusalem and
ultra-orthodox quarter of Jerusalem and the next day he got a telephone call for
the next day he got a telephone call for
the next day he got a telephone call for example and the uncle said now your
example and the uncle said now your
example and the uncle said now your parents have two dead children so don’t
parents have two dead children so don’t
parents have two dead children so don’t come to the show in other words he was
come to the show in other words he was
come to the show in other words he was dead too and so was the sister I never
dead too and so was the sister I never
dead too and so was the sister I never realized his being a secular Jew with
realized his being a secular Jew with
realized his being a secular Jew with what stakes were involved with someone
what stakes were involved with someone
what stakes were involved with someone who leaves the fold actually goes
who leaves the fold actually goes
who leaves the fold actually goes through and does it what kind of
through and does it what kind of
through and does it what kind of opportunities and challenges await
opportunities and challenges await
opportunities and challenges await people when they do live for any boy or
people when they do live for any boy or
people when they do live for any boy or girl who leaves the Hasidic world often
girl who leaves the Hasidic world often
girl who leaves the Hasidic world often they don’t have any secular education in
they don’t have any secular education in
they don’t have any secular education in Israel we filmed a teacher who teaches
Israel we filmed a teacher who teaches
Israel we filmed a teacher who teaches these kids math you say to a city kid
these kids math you say to a city kid
these kids math you say to a city kid I’ll meet you on the street parallel to
I’ll meet you on the street parallel to
I’ll meet you on the street parallel to this one and they’ll say what’s parallel
this one and they’ll say what’s parallel
this one and they’ll say what’s parallel well the notions of math none that’s the
well the notions of math none that’s the
well the notions of math none that’s the gray to a grade three level so their
gray to a grade three level so their
gray to a grade three level so their knowledge Ivan never mind all the
knowledge Ivan never mind all the
knowledge Ivan never mind all the cultural references they know what’s
cultural references they know what’s
cultural references they know what’s Greece what’s what’s talking heads
Greece what’s what’s talking heads
Greece what’s what’s talking heads what’s what’s what’s what’s rock and
what’s what’s what’s what’s rock and
what’s what’s what’s what’s rock and roll what’s all this stuff with mortar
roll what’s all this stuff with mortar
roll what’s all this stuff with mortar movies kids go into a movie for the
movies kids go into a movie for the
movies kids go into a movie for the first time when they leave the fold and
first time when they leave the fold and
first time when they leave the fold and they here they hear gunshots and they
they here they hear gunshots and they
they here they hear gunshots and they don’t know how to react they never seen
don’t know how to react they never seen
don’t know how to react they never seen a film before how do these young people
a film before how do these young people
a film before how do these young people who reject the Hasidic movement relate
who reject the Hasidic movement relate
who reject the Hasidic movement relate to secular Jews being Jewish is a
to secular Jews being Jewish is a
to secular Jews being Jewish is a multi-layered thing it’s a religious
multi-layered thing it’s a religious
multi-layered thing it’s a religious identity it’s an ethnic identity it’s a
identity it’s an ethnic identity it’s a
identity it’s an ethnic identity it’s a cultural identity one could leave the
cultural identity one could leave the
cultural identity one could leave the acidic world and still feel ethnically
acidic world and still feel ethnically
acidic world and still feel ethnically jewish and still feel culturally jewish
jewish and still feel culturally jewish
jewish and still feel culturally jewish but not necessarily Hasidic or religious
but not necessarily Hasidic or religious
but not necessarily Hasidic or religious it means seeking another aspect of their
it means seeking another aspect of their
it means seeking another aspect of their identity or finding a place for
identity or finding a place for
identity or finding a place for themselves
themselves
themselves the world that’s not necessarily defined
the world that’s not necessarily defined
the world that’s not necessarily defined by huset ism and being an huset why are
by huset ism and being an huset why are
by huset ism and being an huset why are women less likely to leave the fold
women less likely to leave the fold
women less likely to leave the fold there’s less immediate surveillance of
there’s less immediate surveillance of
there’s less immediate surveillance of the guys versus the girls at the same
the guys versus the girls at the same
the guys versus the girls at the same time for girls the window of wanting to
time for girls the window of wanting to
time for girls the window of wanting to leave as much shorter because many
leave as much shorter because many
leave as much shorter because many Hasidic girls get married around 18 so
Hasidic girls get married around 18 so
Hasidic girls get married around 18 so at 16 you sort of decide that this isn’t
at 16 you sort of decide that this isn’t
at 16 you sort of decide that this isn’t your world and this is not what you want
your world and this is not what you want
your world and this is not what you want me you’ve got to move fast because were
me you’ve got to move fast because were
me you’ve got to move fast because were 18 they’re arranging a marriage for you
18 they’re arranging a marriage for you
18 they’re arranging a marriage for you and by 19 you’re pregnant with a kid
and by 19 you’re pregnant with a kid
and by 19 you’re pregnant with a kid everyone will learn a lot from this film
everyone will learn a lot from this film
everyone will learn a lot from this film were you making it for anyone in
were you making it for anyone in
were you making it for anyone in particular I made the film because I
particular I made the film because I
particular I made the film because I thought it was an important story to
thought it was an important story to
thought it was an important story to tell for parents of all nationalities
tell for parents of all nationalities
tell for parents of all nationalities because essentially it’s about a
because essentially it’s about a
because essentially it’s about a relationship between parents and
relationship between parents and
relationship between parents and children perhaps if parents can see
children perhaps if parents can see
children perhaps if parents can see themselves in the pressures that they’re
themselves in the pressures that they’re
themselves in the pressures that they’re exerting upon their own kids to conform
exerting upon their own kids to conform
exerting upon their own kids to conform to something but maybe this film will
to something but maybe this film will
to something but maybe this film will make the move stop for a second and
make the move stop for a second and
make the move stop for a second and pause and think about where they’re
pause and think about where they’re
pause and think about where they’re going in their own actions towards their
going in their own actions towards their
going in their own actions towards their own children and the pressures that they
own children and the pressures that they
own children and the pressures that they bring to bear upon them to choose a path
bring to bear upon them to choose a path
bring to bear upon them to choose a path that may be what they want but not
that may be what they want but not
that may be what they want but not necessarily with their kids choose and
necessarily with their kids choose and
necessarily with their kids choose and on a daily basis I think about the boys
on a daily basis I think about the boys
on a daily basis I think about the boys I pray for them
there’s a very very small chance that
there’s a very very small chance that the world view you’ve inherited is
the world view you’ve inherited is
the world view you’ve inherited is exactly the way it is
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